Terry Ryan
Terry Ryan
Terry "Tuff" Ryanwas an American writer, originally from Defiance, Ohio, who resided in San Francisco for most of her adult life. She was best known for her memoir The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, published in 2001, and released as a film, with the same title, in 2005...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 July 1946
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Kenny Williams has always been very gracious in talking about us, which is flattering. And he says he's doing things that we have done and so forth, and that's awfully gracious of him. But he's done a wonderful job over there.
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Joe's the type of human being that he's worried about letting someone down. But it was a personal decision that he had to make and do what was in the best interest for him.
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He had a nice year (in the minors) and an even better fall, but as far as him being ready for that (major league) level, I don't want to burst anybody's bubble.
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He had some faults, we knew that. But when all was said and done he would treat you as well as he would anyone else, no matter who you were.
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He got his feet wet. Everybody's in consideration right now.
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Unfortunately, I suspect he might end up in the bullpen. We'll adjust.
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There are certainly areas in the rotation at which we can improve, like any club. But you look at what we have and it's something definitely we can work with. We have history and we have depth. Those two things give us a chance, once again, to be a formidable staff.
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When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you're going to have some changeover,
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We're aware of what he's gone through and overcome. It's a tremendous tribute to him that he's here.
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We'll let the market decide where he's going to be at.
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We need to improve in many areas. If we aren't going to hit it over the fence, which we have not, we need to execute the fundamentals of small ball ... which have been not very good. We've got to learn our game.
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Well, ... we're not going to whine about it. What good does that do? You can find ways to say, 'Woe is me.' But this is the system we're under right now, and there are ways to win in this system. You can do it through the Amateur Draft. You can do it through the Rule 5 draft. You can get lucky with a kid from Venezuela.
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I was not going to go through the tender process with him in December, and I wanted to give him every opportunity to get on with somebody else.
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We'll start looking for a bat now. I don't really have a timetable. I'm not concerned about when, I'm just concerned about who. I don't have any preference on today or tomorrow or next month.